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. 2020 Sep 8;228:94–100.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.008

Table II.

Studies reporting community-onset COVID-19 among infants younger than 3 months of age by country, author, and study type

Countries Authors Date Study type Infants, n SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing by source, n positive/total n tested (%)
Brazil Carvalho et al14 6/3/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
China Cai et al35 5/12/2020 Case series 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
China Cui et al18 3/17/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 0/1
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
China Liu et al49 3/21/2020 Cohort study 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
China Lu et al37 5/1/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1
Anal swab/stool sample, 0/1
Urine, 0/1
China Shi et al31 4/15/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
China Wang et al32 3/25/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
China Wei et al45 2/14/2020 Case series 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
China Xu et al47 3/13/2020 Case series 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
China Zeng et al33 4/2/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
China Zhang et al48 4/8/2020 Case series 2 Anal swab/stool sample, 2/2 (100)
France Meslin et al39 5/2020 Case series 6 Nasopharyngeal, 6/6 (100)
France Nathan et al40 4/27/2020 Case series 5 Nasopharyngeal, 5/5 (100)
CSF, 0/4
Germany Färber et al21 6/3/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
CSF, 1/1 (100)
Iran Kamali Aghdam et al25 4/1/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Italy Buonsenso et al34 5/2/2020 Case series 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 0/1
Italy Calderaro et al12 5/14/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Italy Canarutto et al13 4/6/2020 Case report 1 Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Italy Giacomet et al22 5/19/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Italy Poli et al28 4/13/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Italy Salvatori et al43 4/21/2020 Case series 2 Nasopharyngeal, 2/2 (100)
Italy Venturini et al44 5/19/2020 Case series 2 Nasopharyngeal, 2/2 (100)
South Korea Han et al24 4/16/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Saliva, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
Urine, 1/1 (100)
Blood, 1/1 (100)
Spain Chacón-Aguilar et al15 4/17/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Spain González-Brabin et al23 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
United Kingdom Cook et al16 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
United Kingdom Ng et al41 5/2020 Case series 3 Unspecified Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal, 3/3 (100)
US Coronado Munoz et al17 4/22/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
US Dugue et al19 4/23/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 1/1 (100)
Blood, 0/1
CSF, 0/1
US Dumpa et al20 5/17/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
US Feld et al36 5/13/2020 Case series 3 Nasopharyngeal, 3/3 (100)
US Kan et al26 4/22/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
US McLaren et al38 6/11/2020 Case series
(subset of cohort study)
7 Nasopharyngeal, 7/7 (100)
US Paret et al42 4/17/2020 Case series 2 Nasopharyngeal, 2/2 (100)
US Patek et al27 4/15/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
US Precit et al29 5/22/2020 Case report 1 Nasopharyngeal, 1/1 (100)
Blood, 0/1
US Robbins et al30 6/2020 Case report 1 Unspecified, 1/1 (100)
US White et al46 6/4/2020 Case series 3 Nasopharyngeal, 3/3 (100)
Summary by sample type Infant samples
Nasopharyngeal, 48/48 (100)
Oropharyngeal, 12/14 (83)
Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swab, 60/60 (100)
Saliva, 1/1 (100)
Anal swab/stool sample, 8/10 (80)
Urine, 1/2 (50)
Blood, 1/3 (33)
CSF, 1/6 (17)

Summary of studies reporting community-onset COVID-19 among infants younger than 3 months of age with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing.